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Pipeline explosion halts gas supplies to southern China
BEIJING, May 26 — A section of a cross-country gas pipeline in China exploded today, injuring at least two people and halting gas supplies, local media said.
The second west-east natural gas pipeline, which transports gas from central Asia to south China, exploded in an industrial zone in China’s southeastern province of Jiangxi, state news ... Read More
Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 21st Life Ball, Europe’s largest annual AIDS charity event, in Vienna May 26, 2013. — Reuters pic
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Two rockets hit Hezbollah-held district in Beirut
BEIRUT, May 26 — Two rockets hit a Shia Muslim district of southern Beirut today, residents said, wounding several people, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi’ite militant movement Hezbollah said his ... Read More
Judge rules against ‘America’s toughest sheriff’
MARICOPA COUNTY, May 26 — Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop ... Read More
Hagel: Sexual assault is a scourge on US military
WEST POINT, May 26 — Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a “scourge” yesterday as he addressed graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of ... Read More
Will immigration reform get killed in Republican-led House?
WASHINGTON, May 26 — The biggest overhaul of US immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful US Senate committee last week, but there is a strong chance that Republicans in the ... Read More
Thousands watch murdered anti-Mafia priest beatified
ROME, May 26 — A Sicilian priest gunned down by the Mafia twenty years ago outside his home in Palermo was beatified in a seafront ceremony yesterday attended by an estimated 100,000 people from all over ... Read More
Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform, says aid depends on it
ADDIS ABABA, May 26 — US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a US$4.8 billion (RM15 billion) International Monetary Fund loan, saying the measures were ... Read More
Syrian opposition struggles for unity as battle rages
ISTANBUL, May 26 — Syria’s opposition resumed talks yesterday aimed at closing their fractious ranks, as government forces launched a fierce onslaught on a rebel-held border town to try to gain the upper ... Read More
Stockholm returning to normal after week of violence
STOCKHOLM, May 26 — Sweden’s capital was relatively calm last night with only isolated incidents of violence by youths after nearly a week of car-burnings and vandalism that have highlighted growing ... Read More
British security services in spotlight after soldier murder
LONDON, May 26 — Britain’s security services faced questions over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his ... Read More
Russian pro-, anti-gay activists arrested after defying ban
MOSCOW, May 26 — Russian police detained around 30 pro- and anti-gay activists in central Moscow yesterday, imposing the city’s ban on gay rights demonstrations.The arrests, underlining Russia’s tough ... Read More
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